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    "id": 823142,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": "I want to talk about the Members’ allowances. It is true that we, chairs of committees, realised that Members do not even know how much they receive. The Committee realised that there is need for Members to be told how much they earn at the committee level and plenary. It is important. In my Committee, we have made it a rule that the first meeting of every month on Tuesday, every Member must be told the number of meetings he attended from 1st to the 31st of the previous month, and what he or she expects. In the past, some of the staff were accused of not giving Members allowances for attending committee meetings and that money was passed to somebody else. That was alluded to in the last Parliament. Every Member should be notified that he or she attended this plenary meeting and committee meeting and this is what he or she expects. Most of us go out there and we sign papers because we are not given our committee meeting rates during our local tours. It helps a Member to know how much he or she will get. I want to thank the Committee for coming up with this observation and giving some recommendations."
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